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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Storing and Tracking Information with Variables Capturing Visitor Input and Writing It to the Page

Daniel Liew
Daniel Liew
805 Points
Posted by Daniel Liew
Daniel Liew
805 Points

I try many times but cant get the last line of code right.

i have try many times like below:

document.write(answer); document.write = answer;

scripts.js 
var answer = "null";
prompt("What day is it?"); 
answer = prompt("What day is it?"); 
document.write
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="scripts.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Ella Ruokokoski
Ella Ruokokoski
20,881 Points
Ella Ruokokoski
Ella Ruokokoski
20,881 Points

You actually don't need that many lines of code. You just store the prompt in the answer variable. You can remove the first two lines of your code. Then on line 3, you have to remember to add var in front of "answer" like this:

var answer = prompt("What day is it?");

Then you call the answer variable with 

document.write(answer);

which you had already tried out